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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-01-29, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, January 29, 1997 t This Week in Sports... • Gay Lea Butter bonspiel winners - page 15 • Knights of Columbus free throw winners - page 15 Precision teams win silver and bronze The Exeter Precision Skating Junior team captured a bronze medal in the gold division at the Niagara Invitational on Saturday. From back row left, Coach Kathy Merner, Shelly Miller, Cheryl Pryce, Alisha Jennison, Melissa Brock, Shonyn Baynham, Jayanne Haywood, Jodie McGee, Carrie Inman, Julia Tieman and Terri. Hamather. Front row from left, Alyssa Darling, Jennifer McNeilly, Michelle Hakvoort, Kim Bilinsky, Jena Darling, Karie Jennison, Melissa Timmerman, Suzanne Vogel and Jennifer McGee. Forefront and centre is the honorary team mascot Barney the skateboarding dog. The Exeter Precision Skating Juvenile team captured a silver medal in the gold division at the Niagara Invitationals on Saturday. From back row left, Brittany Mills, Megan Nedza, Nata- sha Duckworth, Lindsay McLeod, Tiffany Sedlack, Megan Cooper, Maria Dinney, Deanna Hem. Front row, from left, Jenalyn Baker, Anne Gregus, Jasmin Kerslake, Justine Busick, Lisa Hakvoort, Shane Timmerman, Amanda Allen and coach Kathy Memer. Missing from pho- to: Jodie Gaiser, Alicia Laye, Sarah Overholt, Lauren Smith and 'Tiffany Thompson. Carpet bowling scores Exeter , Myrtle Maguire , January 27 John Batten 3 game winners 2 game winners John Deweerd 35 Marion Dearing Ray Hodgson 34 Wilma Davis Mike Underhill 32 Bob Patterson Audrey McGregor 30 Carmon Stewart 30 Lawrence Russel Wilmar Wein 29 Howard Johns 25 Sandi Maxwell 25 Don Maguire 24 21 20' 19 18 17 16 Exeter's silver and bronze medal per- formance at the Niagara invitational was their first competition this season By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter ST. CATHARINES - Both Exeter Precision Skating teams won medals in their first competitive effort of the season. The Juvenile team won silver in the gold finals and the Junior team won bronze at the 1997' Niagara Precision Skating invitational in St: Catharines on Saturday. The 20 Juvenile skaters performed their routine in flying colors placing second after their first skate. Their strong showing allowed them to advance to the gold finals where they were up against three other first place teams. Coach Kathy Merner, said their second skate was even better than the first because it came near the end of the day and the team had time to settle their nerves. She said the Juvenile team has never made the gold finals in com- petition` before and winning a silver medal was a tremendous ac- complishment. The Junior team placed third'after their first skate and despite a small fall in the second performance, they retained their'position to finish third overall. The Canadian Figure Skating Association sanctioned event fea- tured 54 teams composed of 1,200 skaters and the competition was intimidating. The juveniles were competing among 13 teams in their category, the juniors were competing among seven. Merner said she was surprised at how' well Exeter did at the event considering they only had a limited amount of time to prcpare.a rou- tine from scratch"over the last three months. "I wasn't concerned how they placed as long as they skate a strong clean program and both teams did that." said Merner, adding she plans on making some subtle changes to their programs. 1 i think they're capable of skating a more difficult number." On February 6. the Exeter Precision Skating team's will perform their medal winning routines in front of a home crowd at the South Huron Recreation Centre during their review night: Since the teams do not compete in Exeter this season this may -be the only occasion where friends and family members can see them skate' locally. • The precision teams will travel to Fergus on February 23 for what may be their toughest test of the season as they compete against• teams from Western and Central Ontario. They will also skate in St. Thomas on March I, the Western On- tario invitational in Waterloo on March 16, and the Markham Springfest on March 26. Exeter has four more competitive events this Season and with' the double medal performance on Saturday Merner has high hopes for both teams: "Our goal is to go for the gold medal....it's not out of reach," she said. Executive bowls in London By Ron Dann' ZURICH - At the Hiram Walker Special Old National League Exec- utive Provincial championship on Saturday at London's Fleetway Centre, Zurich Association's league president Tony Bedard finished with minus 24, secretary Jeff Kirk had plus 69 and treasurer Ted Stan - lake finished with plus 33 pins. • Sidney L. Morris awards were presented to the top three men and top three women who bowled the most pins over average in one game. Scorecard Classic The house round of the Scorecard Holiday Classic will be finished February 9 in all Bluewater Zone D/O Associations including Clin- ton. Listowel, Lucknow, Moles- worth and Zurich. RINGETTE Stephen Township Novice compete at International Silver Stick Tournament With key players suffering from the flu, Ste- phen Township won two out of three games MICHIGAN - The flu bug took its toll on the Stephen Township Novice Hockey team as they com- peted in the North American inter- national Silver Stick Tournament in St. Claire, Michigan over the week- end. Stephen won • two out of three games :n round robin piay but failed to advance to the semi-finals after goals for and against were tab- ulated. Jason Thompson led Stephen to a 7-1 win over Bancroft in the open- ing game on Friday with a hat trick and two assists. Greg Thompson scored a pair of goals and assists while Brent Windsor and Calc Duenk added one each. Blair McCann recorded two assists and Leanne Cronyn• and J.T. Knee had an assist each. But later that day, tired from the first game and with three key layers suffering from the flu, Ste- phen lost 6-1 to Oro. Greg Thomp- son scored Stephen's lone goal. "It was a tough loss," said head coach Bev Thompson. "We took a regal beating in the second game...I think we could have played better if we were a healthy team." However. the team regrouped on Saturday and beat Cayuga 3-1 with Kent Nicholson. Greg Thompson and Jason Thompson scoring for Stephen. Jason and Brent Windsor picked up assists. "I was proud of them in that game. They showed a lot of guts to bounce back from the loss and play hard." said Thompson. After three games each team had a 2-1 record so officials had to de- cide a winner using the goals for and against and Stephen Township came out on the short end of the stick. Oro went on to win the "C" division beating Cayuga 4-2. "There were a lot of sad faces af- ter that but i think the parents took it harder than the kids," said Thompson who was satisfied with the outcome. "It was a good tourna- ment. All the teams were evenly rnatched." Playing in a tournament of that scope can . only help a team and Thompson said this one was no ex- ception. The kids learned they have to play aggressive style hockey. Even though its Novice hockey they have to play tough, not laid hack," he said adding that was the key to beating Cayuga in the third game. The team also had time to simply hang out and have some fun and the parents also had the opportunity to socialize during their two-day- stay wo-daystay in Michigan. Thompson said other teams from Stephen Township have made it to the International Silver Stick Tour- naments in the past and Thoinpson was there last year when his Atom team lost a close match in the fi- nals. However, the highly esteemed title, considered by some to be as prestigious as winking an All - Ontario championship, has always eluded Stephen Township. "We keep getting there but we can't capture one," he said. The Stephen Township Novice team earned a berth in the inter- national tournament after clinching the Regional Silver Stick in De- cember winning six consecutive games in Parkhill. They will play their last league game on Saturday and are looking forward to the WOAA "D" playoffs. The Stephen Township Novice team were in the International Silver Stick playdowns on the weekend. Back row left to right: Morley Thompson, Kevin Windsor, Bev Thompson and Martin Duenk. Middle row 1 to r: Brent Windsor, Jason Thompson, Justin Bender, J.T. Knee and Greg Thompson. Front, 1 to r: Travis O'Neil, Kent Nicholson, Leanne Cronyn, Jeff Baker, Blair McCann and Cale Duenk. 1P I. BUNNY January 19 Stratford 2 at Exeter 3 Goals: Kristyn Regier (2). Kristy Blane Assists: Lindsay Blane. Ashley Bedard, Samantha Regier. Sam Stewart, Ja.s- mine Vanhaarlem. Stacy Miller January 23 Mitchell 1 vs. Exeter 9 Goals: Bedard (3). K. Regier. K. Blane. L. Blane (2).Regier• Miller Assists: K. Regier (4), Alana Hodgen (3). S. Regier (2). Miller (2). Vanhaar- lem (2), Jordan Phillips PETITE • January 21 Exeter Optimist 'C' 6 vs. Stratford C 8 Goals: Miranda Grenier (2). Sherri Skinner (2). Brittany Revington. Jenna Revington Assists: Rebecca DeVries, Christina Cook. Enid Drummond. Amanda Over- holt. Laura Parsons. Jenn Timmermans, Jaclyn Marshall Goaltender: Holly Hem January 26 Exeter Optimist 'C: 10 at Seaforth 'C' 4 Goals: B. Revington (4). DeVries. Theresa Gallagher. J. Revington. Skin- . ner. Grenier. Jocelyn Stire Assists: B. Revington (2). DeVries (2), Gallagher. J. Revington (2). Skinner. Grenier. Marshall, Timmermans, Cook• Hem. Drummond, Overholh(2), Kris- tine Regier. Parsons " Goaltender: Jenn Aldcrdice Shuts on goal: Exeter 33, Seaf9nh 20 TWEEN January 20 Exeter 'C' 3 at Goderich 8 Goals; Meghan Gaiser (2). Miranda Knight Assists: Robyn Etherington, Terri Regi- er ." . January 25 Exeter 'C' 3 at London .Goals: Knight (2). Mary Gregus Assists: Ashley Rasenberg (2) January 26 - Exhibition game St. Marys 6 at Exeter 'C 1 ' Goal: Regier . Assists: Cecilia Corbett. Gregus Goaltender: Stacey Snow Next game: February 2, 7:30 in Hensall January 26 , Walkerton 2 at Exeter 'A' 6 Goals: Ashley Gooch (4). Lee Anne Erb. Kem Fulton Assists: Nicole Zwaan (2), Brinney Caldwell (2). Kelly Miners (2), Krista Hodge Next game: Jail. 28. Hensall' vs. St. Marys)rs. • WOMEN January 23 Exeter Interm. Rec 6 vs. Dorchester 4 Goals: Tonya Riehl (3), Corlette Elder (2). Lynn Devereaux Assists: Elder (3). Devereaux (2). Marj Partridge. Darlene O'Rourke. Lu Kee- lan. Julie Ritchie • Goaltender: Michele Hodgen Stephen Township Novice compete at International Silver Stick Tournament With key players suffering from the flu, Ste- phen Township won two out of three games MICHIGAN - The flu bug took its toll on the Stephen Township Novice Hockey team as they com- peted in the North American inter- national Silver Stick Tournament in St. Claire, Michigan over the week- end. Stephen won • two out of three games :n round robin piay but failed to advance to the semi-finals after goals for and against were tab- ulated. Jason Thompson led Stephen to a 7-1 win over Bancroft in the open- ing game on Friday with a hat trick and two assists. Greg Thompson scored a pair of goals and assists while Brent Windsor and Calc Duenk added one each. Blair McCann recorded two assists and Leanne Cronyn• and J.T. Knee had an assist each. But later that day, tired from the first game and with three key layers suffering from the flu, Ste- phen lost 6-1 to Oro. Greg Thomp- son scored Stephen's lone goal. "It was a tough loss," said head coach Bev Thompson. "We took a regal beating in the second game...I think we could have played better if we were a healthy team." However. the team regrouped on Saturday and beat Cayuga 3-1 with Kent Nicholson. Greg Thompson and Jason Thompson scoring for Stephen. Jason and Brent Windsor picked up assists. "I was proud of them in that game. They showed a lot of guts to bounce back from the loss and play hard." said Thompson. After three games each team had a 2-1 record so officials had to de- cide a winner using the goals for and against and Stephen Township came out on the short end of the stick. Oro went on to win the "C" division beating Cayuga 4-2. "There were a lot of sad faces af- ter that but i think the parents took it harder than the kids," said Thompson who was satisfied with the outcome. "It was a good tourna- ment. All the teams were evenly rnatched." Playing in a tournament of that scope can . only help a team and Thompson said this one was no ex- ception. The kids learned they have to play aggressive style hockey. Even though its Novice hockey they have to play tough, not laid hack," he said adding that was the key to beating Cayuga in the third game. The team also had time to simply hang out and have some fun and the parents also had the opportunity to socialize during their two-day- stay wo-daystay in Michigan. Thompson said other teams from Stephen Township have made it to the International Silver Stick Tour- naments in the past and Thoinpson was there last year when his Atom team lost a close match in the fi- nals. However, the highly esteemed title, considered by some to be as prestigious as winking an All - Ontario championship, has always eluded Stephen Township. "We keep getting there but we can't capture one," he said. The Stephen Township Novice team earned a berth in the inter- national tournament after clinching the Regional Silver Stick in De- cember winning six consecutive games in Parkhill. They will play their last league game on Saturday and are looking forward to the WOAA "D" playoffs. The Stephen Township Novice team were in the International Silver Stick playdowns on the weekend. Back row left to right: Morley Thompson, Kevin Windsor, Bev Thompson and Martin Duenk. Middle row 1 to r: Brent Windsor, Jason Thompson, Justin Bender, J.T. Knee and Greg Thompson. Front, 1 to r: Travis O'Neil, Kent Nicholson, Leanne Cronyn, Jeff Baker, Blair McCann and Cale Duenk. 1P